Ted Bates (footballer)
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Edric Thornton Bates MBE was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent the majority of his career at Southampton F.C. as a player, manager, director and president which earn
Statue of Bates outside St Mary's Stadium
Southampton F.C.
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Southampton Football Club is a professional football club based in Southampton, Hampshire, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Their home ground since
Ted Bates (footballer)
…Thornton Bates MBE (3 May 1918 – 28 November 2003) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent the majority of his career at Southampton F.C. as a player, manager, director and president which earned him the sobriquet "Mr. Southampton". Bates was the son of Eddie Bates, who played cricket for…
Friendly match at Holstein Kiel, Germany, 15 May 1964
Ronald Koeman (front left) as manager
View from the Chapel Stand
Fans create a tifo in the St Mary's Stadium